6A Football: Lemont Loses on 2-Point Conversion to Crete-Monee
Crete-Monee made a comeback late in the fourth quarter of their 6A semifinal playoff game against Lemont led by quarterback Marcus Terrell in their 28-27 win.
Breaking It Down: Lemont looked like it was going to be able to hold on to a lead they built in the first half once again, but Crete-Monee rallied with less than four minutes in the fourth quarter. After a 56-yard touchdown pass by Warriors' quarterback Marcus Terrell was negated on Crete-Monee's ninth penalty of the contest, the Warriors could have lost their composure. But they didn't. Forty-one yards, five plays and a successful two-point conversion run in by Terrell later, Crete-Monee had its first lead of the night, going up 28-27. Lemont had a chance to make a comeback of its own, but the offense went three-and-out with about two minutes remaining in regulation and could not stop the Warriors from gaining a first down to get the ball…
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Amy
4:20 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Crystal, from what I read, nobody said that Crete only had one player. They were talking about the taunting that came from Lemont fans directed towards that one player. Crete is loaded with talent as well as Lemont. Like Bill said, that player probably wasn't upset. He probably hears it often and I'm guessing uses it as motivation to play even harder. Usually it's the losing team who cries "bad … more ›